Despite webOS’ merits, many people have been clamouring for a version of Android on the HP Touchpad. Legendary Android ROM CyanogenMod is now available, in early alpha form, for eager Touchpad users to try out.
Since its sudden demise, the internet has been abuzz with people trying to get the Android OS onto the HP TouchPad. A Chinese developer by the name of Chompers has just released a very rough but publicly available download of his hack.
iOS: webOS is all but dead, but if you’d like to mimic its awesome app-switching powers, CardSwitcher will give you live previews of all your currently running apps on your jailbroken iPhone.
If you fancy a bargain-priced WebOS device and don’t care that HP has ditched the platform, Harvey Norman appears set to sell the device for $98 from 2pm today. I don’t imagine stocks will be extensive . . . [Gizmodo]
Australia finally has a release date for HP’s WebOS-based TouchPad: August 15. There’s also pricing: $599 for the 16GB model and $699 for the 32GB version. Danny at Gizmodo has the full story. [Gizmodo]
HP’s announcement this week of the TouchPad, a tablet using the webOS technology it acquired when it bought Palm, has attracted a lot of attention. Sadly, there don’t seem to be any immediate plans to release the devices (or anything else running webOS) in Australia.
webOS: Palm Pre and Pixi users have no doubt felt some frustration trying to get additional functionality out of webOS’s built-in Music Player. Music Player (Remix) 2.0 is a free music player for webOS that’s rich in features and functionality.
